00:00Thank you to all the media who followed me to JAS Johor Elephant Sanctuary today.
00:10We also have some YB Adun from the Kota Tinggi area.
00:15They always receive complaints from local residents about the conflict between humans and elephants.
00:27Previously, the Kota Tinggi area had the highest number of complaints about the conflict between humans and elephants.
00:34This year alone, the number of complaints has reached 64.
00:40Johor Elephant Sanctuary has its own function.
00:43We have 72 hectares of land in the Panti forest.
00:51Elephants are a source of education and rescue.
00:57Elephants are also a food bank.
01:00Elephants in the Panti area are attracted to come here to get their food.
01:10We have also launched a project worth RM9 million to build a fence around the Panti forest between the forest and village.
01:26There are several villages that benefit from the elephants.
01:33Elephants are not easy to access to their villages.
01:37Elephants are an obstacle for elephants to enter the JAS area to get their food.
01:48Hopefully, with this initiative, the conflict between humans and elephants in this area will be reduced by 50%.
01:58Not only that, the government and the university have also conducted research.
02:05The best thing we can do is to build a food bank for the elephants.
02:12We don't want them to be trapped or relocated.
02:16We don't want to harm the elephants.
02:19The best thing we can do is to provide them with sufficient food.
02:27We have also set up food banks for the elephants in the JAS area.
02:38JAS is one of the food banks for the elephants in the JAS area.
02:46Hopefully, with this initiative, the conflict between humans and elephants in the JAS area will be reduced by 50%.
02:54With this initiative, we have several initiatives.
02:57The first one is short-term.
02:59If the elephants have damaged the plantations or have been active in the village area for too long,
03:08we will take action to relocate them.
03:11That is a short-term action.
03:13Or we will conduct surveillance and release the elephants so that we can remove them from the area.
03:20That is a short-term action.
03:22In the medium term, as I mentioned earlier, we will build a fence in this area.
03:27We will also make sure of several areas for the food banks.
03:31Thirdly, we will use satellite callers for the elephants so that we can make sure of their routes.
03:38Secondly, we will have an early warning system.
03:43So that when the elephants are close to houses or villages,
03:48we can inform the locals to be careful because there are wild animals that are close to them.
03:55That is a short-term action.
03:57In the long term, we have to make sure of the location.
04:00We will start a project to have food plantations for the wild animals, especially the elephants,
04:07so that they cannot escape from the forest or the edge of the forest.
04:12It will be easier for them to get their food.
04:15When will the fence and food plantations start?
04:20This year, we have completed all the documentation and the approval.
04:24MMK has also approved the project.
04:26There is also a little bit of tree planting because of the construction of the electric fence.
04:33MMK has approved it.
04:34Therefore, it is now in the JPS level.
04:37They have formed the fence.
04:39Hopefully, we will start the project next year.
04:42For JPS, the first phase has been completed as we can see now.
04:48The second phase will start in the future.
04:50We will have a walkway, a pond, and a fence.
04:59So that this place is not only a place for the elephants' rescue center, but also a tourist center.
05:06Hopefully, after it is completed in 2026, it will be a tourist attraction for tourists
05:14who want to come here to meet the elephants.
05:20Is there a case of food bank that has reduced the number of elephants in Indonesia?
05:27It is a starting project.
05:29JPS is also the first place to have a food bank.
05:33According to the information received, this year alone,
05:38several groups of elephants have come here to get their food.
05:42If the elephants come here, they will stop here for two or three weeks.
05:46This means that they have reduced the possibility of entering the rural areas
05:51or agricultural areas to get their food.
05:54In Johor, how many elephants are there?
05:57According to our data, this is between 120 and 160.
06:02It is divided into five groups.
06:04The PDT said earlier that they are working with the MPOB.
06:08Is this something that is considered by the government?
06:12It is very much considered.
06:14This is a long-term plan so that the fields that are close to the forest
06:21can reserve a part of the space for the elephants to plant food.
06:28We will take this initiative together with the PDT and MPOB
06:34and will meet with these fields so that they can reserve a part of the space
06:40for the elephants to plant food.
06:42With this initiative, we hope that the conflict between humans and elephants
06:47can be reduced.
06:49In Johor this year, it has happened twice.
06:52One is in Kahang and the other is in Mersing.
06:56Hopefully, we can reduce this conflict
06:59so that the wild elephants can return to their area,
07:05which is in the forest.
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